Rule: Must complete all of the following:
Course Credits
ANTY 210N - Intro to Physical Anthropology
O ered autumn and spring. An introduction to human evolutionary biology including processes of evolution, primate studies, hominid paleontology, and human variation.
3 Credits
ANTY 220S - Culture & Society
O ered autumn and spring. Study of social organization of non-western societies; emphasis on variations in ecology, social structure, economic, political and religious beliefs and practices.
3 Credits
Minor - Anthropology (Minor)
College Humanities & Sciences
Catalog Year: 2016-2017
Degree Speci c Credits: 18 Required Cumulative GPA: 2.0
ANTY 250S - Intro to Archaeology
O ered autumn and spring. What archaeologists do and how they reconstruct past human cultures. Methodological and theoretical approaches to understanding and explaining past human societies.
3 Credits
LING 270S - Intro to Ling
O ered autumn and spring. An introduction to the eld of modern linguistics and to the nature of language. Emphasis on the ways di erent cultures develop symbol systems for representing meaning.
3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 12 Total
Credits Required
Subarea 1 Elective
Rule: Must complete 1 of the following:
Note: If ANTY 466 or ANTY 495 are taken, they must be taken for 3 credits
Course Credits
ANTY 312 - Human Evolution
O ered autumn. Prereq., ANTY 210N. An exploration of the fossil and archaeological records of the evolution of human beings, and of current methods and theories used in interpreting these data.
3 Credits
ANTY 400 - History of Anthropology
O ered autumn. Prereq., ANTY 101H and 220S. The development of theory and method in cultural anthropology to the present. Various archaeological, ethnological and socio-psychological theories in the light of historical anthropology.
3 Credits
ANTY 402 - Quan Ethnographic Field Methds
O ered autumn. This course is designed to enhance student understanding of eld methods that generate quantitative data describing human behavior. The toolkit of a student completing this course will include knowledge of basic methods that will get you from observing behavior to discussing your
research and ndings in a professional manner in oral or written formats.
3 Credits
ANTY 403E - Ethics and Anthropology
O ered intermittently. Prereq., ANTY 101H or 220S, or consent of instr. Ethical and anthropological modes of inquiry in relation to each other. Focus on the sociocultural sub eld as well as ethical issues in physical anthropology and archaeology.
3 Credits
ANTY 404 - Anthropological Museology
O ered spring even-numbered years. Prereq., ANTY 101H. Introduction to anthropological museums, museum work and museum theory.
3 Credits
ANTY 408 - Advanced Anthro Statistics
O ered intermittently. Prereq., ANTY 401 or consent of inst. Focus on techniques used for microcomputer-based data management and multivariate analysis.
ANTY 412 - Osteology
O ered autumn. Prereq., ANTY 314 and consent of instr. A detailed examination of the human skeleton with an emphasis on identifying individual bones and their structures. Speci cally extended to fragmentary skeletal elements. Direct hands-on experience required.
4 Credits
ANTY 413 - Forensic and Mortuary Arch
O ered spring. Prereq., ANTY 314 and consent of instr. Practical approaches to locating, documenting and recovering human skeletal remains, including surface scatters and burials. Emphasis on interpretations of evidence for recovery scene formation and mortuary behavior.
3 Credits
ANTY 415 - Emergence Modern Humans
O ered spring. Prereq., ANTY 210N. An exploration of the emergence of "modern" humans and their relationships with Neanderthals. Exploration of what it means to be "a modern human" through an examination of human evolutionary history.
3 Credits
ANTY 416 - Dental Anthropology
O ered intermittently. Prereq., ANTY 210N. The use of information from teeth in investigating evolutionary trends, the relationships between human
groups, subsistence change, and culture change.
3 Credits
ANTY 430 - Social Anthropology
O ered spring even-numbered years. Seminar style senior capstone course for cultural anthropology students. This course focuses on bringing theory and methods together in written and visual ethnography.
3 Credits
ANTY 431 - Ethnographic Field Methods
O ered spring odd-numbered years. Prereq., ANTY 220S or consent of instr. Introduction to socio-cultural anthropological methods including participant observation, interviewing and narrative techniques and analysis of qualitative data.
3 Credits
ANTY 450 - Archaeological Theory
O ered autumn odd-numbered years. Prereq., ANTY 250S. Historical trends and current major theories and methods in archaeology.
3 Credits
ANTY 451 - Cultural Resource Management
O ered autumn. Introduction to the laws and practice of cultural resource/heritage property management. Focus on the management of archaeological sites, historic structures, and traditional cultural places due to federal laws. Emphasis is on laying foundation of CRM practices for students interested in pursuing it as a potential career.
3 Credits
ANTY 454 - Lithic Technology
O ered autumn odd-numbered years. Prereq., ANTY 250S and consent of instr. Analysis of stone artifacts and debitage.
3 Credits
ANTY 455 - Artifact Analysis
O ered spring. Prereq., ANTY 250S and consent of instr. Laboratory
approaches and techniques for analyzing material culture from technological, stylistic, and chronological perspectives.
ANTY 456 - Historic Archaeology
O ered spring. Prereq., ANTY 250S or consent of instr. Understanding and interpreting the past through historical archaeological remains, methods, and theories. Focuses on historical archaeological sites and topics from the American West, but also examines the eld’s global perspective.
3 Credits
ANTY 458 - Arch of Hunter-Gatherers
O ered autumn even-numbered years. Introduction to the archaeological study of hunter-gatherer societies. Primary emphasis on archaeological method and theory.
3 Credits
ANTY 466 - Archaeological Survey
(R-12) Prereq., ANTY 250S. O ered autumn. A eld course in Montana archaeology.
1 To 12 Credits
ANTY 467 - Archaeological Field School
(R-12) O ered summer. Prereq., ANTY 250S and consent of instructor. Provides students with a well-rounded experience in archaeological eld methods. Field schools will typically occur at archaeological site locations away from campus. During the archaeological eld experience, students may learn methods of excavation, survey, research, and analysis to facilitate their transition to careers as professional archaeologists.
3 To 12 Credits
ANTY 476 - Methods for Native Languages
(R-6) O ered Spring. In an e ort to highlight promising methodologies that will advance the success of Native language acquisition and instruction, students will be exposed to an innovative methodology while being instructed in an Indigenous language.
3 Credits
ANTY 495 - Field Experience:
(R- 12) O ered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Organized eld experience in anthropology.
1 To 12 Credits
LING 472 - Generative Syntax
O ered autumn. Prereq., LING 470. A study of the human language sentence– formation system, the means for expressing semantic information as
propositional content. Emphasis on the abstraction of utterances in the form of mathematical objects. This course co-convenes with LING 572.
3 Credits
LING 475 - Linguistic Field Methods
O ered spring odd-numbered years. Prereq., LING 470. Writing up linguistic data; developing techniques for eliciting linguistic data by working with a native speaker of a less commonly taught language. This course co-convenes with LING 575.
3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 3 Total Credits
Required
Subareas 2,3 and 4 Electives
Rule: Must complete 1 of the following:
AAS 415 - The Black Radical Tradition
O ered intermittently. Same as HSTA 415. Prereq., HSTR 200 and only open to majors and minors in history or consent of instructor. From slave revolts through to the Move rebellion in Philadelphia, this course examines how the African-American community has engaged in radical e orts to change the status quo in the name of seeking justice.
3 Credits
ANTY 216 - Primates in Peril
O ered intermittently. An overview of the living primates and their behavior with a focus on conservation issues that have an impact on primates.
3 Credits
ANTY 310 - Human Variation
O ered autumn. Prereq., ANTY 210N or consent of instr. Introduction to human biological variation, and to the methods and theories that are used to explain the distribution of variable features.
3 Credits
ANTY 314 - Principles of Forensic Anthro
O ered autumn. Prereq., ANTY 210N. A study of techniques for recovering skeletal material, identifying and interpreting human skeletal remains, keeping records, interacting with the law enforcement system and documenting human rights abuses.
3 Credits
ANTY 323 - Native People of Montana
O ered spring. The history and culture of the Indian tribes in Montana.
3 Credits ANTY 326E - Indigenous Peoples & Globl Dev
O ered spring odd-numbered years. This class will examine the impact of global development on tribal and Indigenous peoples. Topics will include land issues, health, employment, and cultural change caused by global development and explore how these societies are resisting and adapting to their changing world.
3 Credits
ANTY 330X - Peoples and Cultures of World
(R-9) O ered autumn and spring. Study of the peoples of various geographic regions and their cultures.
3 Credits
ANTY 333 - Culture and Population
O ered autumn, even-numbered years. The relationship between population processes and culture to the human condition; survey data, methodologies, theories of demographic and culture change.
3 Credits
ANTY 336 - Myth, Ritual and Religion
O ered autumn odd-numbered years. Theories and practices concerning supernatural phenomena, and the comparative study of world religions and cosmological traditions of indigenous peoples throughout the world.
3 Credits
ANTY 347 - Central Asia and Its Neighbors
O ered intermittently. Analysis of the human communities and cultures of Central and Southwest Asia, with particular emphasis on the importance of relationships with neighboring countries and civilizations since ancient times.
3 Credits
ANTY 349 - Social Change in NnWstrn Socts
O ered autumn, odd-numbered years. Study of the processes of change, modernization and development.
3 Credits
ANTY 351H - Archaeology of North America
O ered autumn. The origins, backgrounds and development of Pre-Columbian American peoples and cultures.
ANTY 352X - Archaeology of Montana
O ered spring. The origins, distributions and development of aboriginal cultures in Montana and surrounding regions.
3 Credits
ANTY 353 - PaleoIndian Archaeology
O ered spring or winter, even-numbered years. Examines archaeological, linguistic, biological and skeletal data to determine from where and when Native Americans arrived in North America. Examines archaeological sites from such diverse places as Montana, Siberia, Virginia, and Chile to answer the most intriguing question in contemporary American archaeology today: how, when and from where did people
rst arrive in the Americas?
3 Credits
ANTY 354H - Mesoamerican Prehistory
O ered spring odd-numbered years. The development of civilization and prehistoric states in the New World. Prehistoric lifeways and the e ects of European contact on these cultures.
3 Credits
ANTY 418 - Ecol Genet Var Human Pops
O ered spring. Prereq. ANTY 310. Human genetic variation examined from a molecular perspective. Emphasis on the role of infectious disease and other factors as a selective factor in human evolution and exploration of the implications of these associations for human genetic variation.
3 Credits
ANTY 422 - Mind, Culture and Society
O ered autumn even-numbered years. Prereq., ANTY 220S or consent of instr. The study of socialization, personality, cognition, and mental health cross-culturally.
3 Credits
ANTY 423 - Culture and Identity
O ered spring. The comparative study of identity formation along and across racial, ethnic, and ethno-national lines. Emphasis on issues of ethnogenesis, cultural resistance, transformation, domination, colonialism as well as sharing to
understand both the cultural commonalties and di erences in identity formation.
3 Credits
ANTY 426 - Culture, Health and Healing
O ered autumn. Cross-cultural comparisons of theories and concepts and health and illness. Examination of the impact of these concepts upon health practices and treatment of disease around the world.
3 Credits
ANTY 427 - Anthropology of Gender
O ered spring. Comparative study of the history and signi cance of gender in social life.
3 Credits
ANTY 435 - Drugs, Culture and Society
O ered intermittently. Drug use in a cross-cultural perspective. The role of drugs in cultural expression and social interaction. Examination of the prehistory of drug use, drug use in traditional non-Western and Western societies, and drug use in the context of global sociocultural change.
3 Credits
ANTY 440 - Cont. Issues of SSEA
O ered intermittently. Prereq., ANTY 102H. An examination of the major issues that a ect the contemporary experience of South and Southeast Asians.
3 Credits
ANTY 442 - Cities/Landscapes Central Asia
O ered spring odd numbered years. Analysis of the main centers of civilization and culture, rich sites and monuments of Central Asia and Southwest Asia since ancient times.
ANTY 444 - Artistic Tradtns Central Asia
O ered autumn odd-numbered years. Analysis of the study of human artistic creativity and scienti c innovations of various cultures in Central and Southwest Asia since ancient times.
3 Credits
ANTY 457 - Arch of the Paci c Northwest
O ered autumn odd-numbered years. Introduction to the study of archaeology in the Paci c Northwest region inclusive of the Northwest Coast and Columbia/Fraser- Thompson Plateau. Understanding hunter-gatherer adaptations, evolution of social complexity, and ancient history of contemporary native peoples in the region.
3 Credits
ANTY 459 - Archof the Arctic/Subarctic
O ered spring even-numbered years. Introduction to the study of Arctic and Subarctic archaeology emphasizing the Pleistocene and Holocene prehistory of North America and eastern Siberia. Understanding of methodological problems associated with archaeology in a northern context, the evolution of Inuit, Eskimo, Aleut and Athapaskan cultures, and hunter-gatherer adaptations to northern interior and coastal environments.
3 Credits
ANTY 465 - Arch of the SW United States
O ered autumn even-numbered years. The development of the prehistoric communities in the southwestern United States from ancient times to the dawn of history in the area.
3 Credits
LING 375X - Endangered Languages
O ered intermittently. Survey of endangered languages and the communities in which those endangered languages are spoken. Topics to be addressed include linguistic diversity, language endangerment, language shift and loss, language maintenance e orts, and prospects for the future of these languages.
3 Credits
LING 473 - Language and Culture
O ered spring. Prereq., LING 470. Technical study of the relationships between grammatical categories and world view. This course co-convenes with LING 573.
3 Credits
LING 477 - Bilingualism
O ered autumn. Prereq., LING 270S or equiv. Societal and individual bilingualism: topics include language policy, maintenance, interference, code-switching and mixting, and bilingual education.
3 Credits
LING 484 - NA Indigenous Lang & Ling
O ered autumn odd-numbered years. Prereq. LING 470. Description and analysis of grammatical features of Indigenous languages of North America. This course co- convenes with LING 584.
3 Credits
LING 489 - Morphology
O ered spring. Prereq., LING 470. A survey of the morphological features of several unrelated languages to provide the student with a broad overview of how languages compare and contrast. This course co-convenes with LING 589.
3 Credits
NASX 306X - Contemp Global Iss Indg People
O ered Autumn. An examination of the major issues that a ect the contemporary experiences of Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, and other global communities.